HUGH LANNING says there is no path to peace without dismantling Israel’s control over Palestinian land, lives and resources
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The cold war, desegregation and affirmative action
Anti-racism in the US has long been subverted by the elevation of a few role models rather than meaningful equality for all – and the latest fad for policing manners and language won’t save it, writes ZOLTAN ZIGEDY
THEN AND NOW: Civil rights marchers in Washington call for integrated schools, 1963; and (right) students rally outside the Supreme Court during the hearing on affirmative action in college admissions, October 2022
CJ ATKINS reports on the stand that saw Ayman Odeh and Ofer Cassif hauled out of Israel’s parliament during Donald Trump’s vainglorious address
ROGER McKENZIE argues that Western powers can see the beginning of the end in the rise of the global South — and racist reactions are kicking in
The Tory conference was a pseudo-sacred affair, with devotees paying homage in front of Thatcher’s old shrouds — and your reporter, initially barred, only need mention he’d once met her to gain access. But would she consider what was on offer a worthy legacy, asks ANDREW MURRAY
Taking a brief look at who the US president surrounds himself with reveals a team dedicated to the complete erasure of Palestine, not justice and civil rights for its people, writes TERRY HANSEN
As the Global Leaders’ Meeting on Women begins in Beijing, it’s clear that China has fulfilled its commitments set 30 years ago and delivered amazing progress in women's education and equality, writes YU BOKUN
AS the US Supreme Court aspires to drive a nail into the coffin of affirmative action, it is important to recognise how the cold war helped to shape the mid-20th century civil rights people’s victories and the consequent policy of affirmative action in education.
Some may find that connecting the conflict between the US and the USSR to the formal establishment of African-American citizen rights is far-fetched.
But the facts speak otherwise.
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